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2017 Tour of Minnesota June 16th - 23rd, 2017
2017 Tour of Minnesota
June 16th - 23rd, 2017
Registration Opens February 1stWe are pleased to announce that registrationopens in a little over two weeks away. Please
check the web site for the link or wait until ournext email update. We hope you can join us for
the 2017 Tour of Minnesota. Registration cost $485
The registration cost will include meals onriding days, 6 breakfasts, 6 lunches, 5 dinners,camping facilities, showers, gear transport to
camping sites, sag vehicle support, bicyclerepair service by Penn Cycle, and a
commemorative t-shirt by Innovative Graphics.Riders will pay for meals on the day off, snacks
along the route and other items of interestalong the route.
Below are the cities we will be visiting.
Discover Stillwater Stillwater, Minnesota
Starting point and ending point
North Branch ChamberNorth Branch, Minnesota
Superior ChamberSuperior, Wisconsin
Moose Lake ChamberMoose Lake, Minnesota
The Falls ChamberSt. Croix Falls, WisconsinTaylor's Falls, Minnesota
Fishbowl Bar and Grill Danbury, Wisconsin
January Update
Happy New Years to everyone, we hope youryear is off to a good start.
Welcome to the Tour of Minnesota email list. Iwill share pertinent information for the 2017Tour of Minnesota through this email list andon the Tour of Minnesota web site. The web sitehas many updates so please visit for moreinformation.
RouteThe 2017 Tour of Minnesota
June 16th - 23rd, 2017
In 2017, we will start in Stillwater and stay in thefollowing cities: North Branch, Moose Lake,Superior, Danbury, St. Croix Falls/Taylors Fallsand back to Stillwater. Yes, we will be inWisconsin for a couple of days.
6/16 Stillwater meet 4:00-8:00 for check in6/17 Stillwater to North Branch 56 miles6/18 North Branch to Moose Lake 716/19 Moose Lake to Superior 486/20 Superior day off6/21 Superior to Danbury 526/22 Danbury to St. Croix Falls/Taylors Falls 556/23 St. Croix Falls/Taylors Falls to Stillwater 56
Shortest day 48 milesLongest day 71 milesAverage day 56 milesApproximately 338 miles
Your mileage may vary.
TrailsFeedback from the 2016 tour was very positiveand riders really enjoyed riding on trails. Againin 2017, we tried to incorporated trails as muchas possible. We will ride on the Sunrise PrairieTrail, the Willard Munger Trail and the GandyDancer Trail in Wisconsin. The trails are pavedexcept for the Gandy Dancer Trail which is veryhard packed and fine for road bikes. I estimatewe will be on trails more than 50% of the total338 miles.
Rich Daniels - Ride DirectorRich Daniels is now co-director. We will worktogether as a team to provide you with the bestservice. Rich is very familiar with the ride andhas been around it for the past decade. He hashelped me organize the past three rides and hasbeen my right hand man for years.
Bob Lincoln - Ride DirectorFor those of you new to this email list, my nameis Bob Lincoln. I am the ride director for theTour of Minnesota. Jim Klobuchar who led thisride for 39 years asked me to take it over in2014. I have been around this ride since I was14. I have ridden many tours and have led threeas director. I am a school teacher/mediaspecialist by day.
Hotel OptionsNew this year, we have added a cities page tothe web site. If you plan to stay in a hotel/motelon the tour, check out hotels. The hotels listed
near the top are closest to our camping sites.
PhotosIf you have photos from these areas (citiesabove) that you would like to share, pleaseemail them to me. Hopefully I can use some ofthem to update the web page and promotionalmaterials.
Follow us on social mediaTour of Minnesota Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/TourofMinnesota/
Twitter@tourofminnesota
Instagramdrumminglibrarian
Tour of Minnesota Web Site (updates soon)www.tourofminnesota.com
Bob's Bloghttps://drumminglibrarian.me
Bob's Bikers Group on Facebook started byDusty Pencehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/BobsBikers/
Helpful HintHow to keep you devices charged on a bike
tour. Listen to Johnny Lam, a friend of mine, tellyou some strategies to keep your
devices charged on a a bike tour. Check out a
short video at: Milestone Rides.
Here are some quotes from 2016 Riders
"If you have never done a bike tourthis is agreat first tour. It is well organized with longand short ride daysand one rest day. We atethree good meals a day, our gear was alwaysdroppedoff close to our camping area, and we
had daily briefings on our routes, miles,and reststops. The scenerywas great and the people
even better."
-CarmenRae Delaney, 2016
"I thoroughlyenjoyedmy Tour of Minnesota!Your state is beautiful with perfect riding
weather! Theroute was wonderful! We lovedriding the trails! I'm gladyou like our song somuch you want to put it in your video. I havenoproblem with you posting us singing our
song."
-PhyllisDugas
At first I thought it was expensiveuntil I gotthere. You had everything covered. Well worth
the cost, anexcellent value!!!
-From Survey
Bike Minnesota - Iowa Bike ExpoIn January, I will be hosting a booth in Iowa for
the Iowa Bike Expo. I will share a booth withJim Plaunt of Bike Tour Vacations and
Kerri Solstad of Wahoo! Adventures. Check out
these rides and I think they offer a unique andwonderful experience.
We will be in the booth named Bike Minnesotaon January 21st from 10-4:30. We offer varietyof types and styles of rides, 4 rides in total.
If you would like to be on our mailing list, please click here:(Sign up here).
Thank YouTo everyone that helped make this year's ride,
I really appreciate it. We have had a lot ofvolunteers helping us with scouting and
logistics. Thanks to Doobie Kurus, Chris Larrin,Jim Moyle, Steven Stueck, Dick Borst, John
Ameel, Curtis Carlson and many others.We are currently finalizing meal plans. We havehired Brig Fanning for catering meals. He owns
and operated the Chickadee Restaurant inBarnum. He will be providing lunches as well as
other meals along the road.
Web SitePlease check out the web site as there are many
updates. The route will be posted very soon.
2017 Route will be posted on the web site byFebruary 1st, 2017
Our Route
Check us out at www.tourofminnesota.com
If you have questions, feel free to contact us:
Bob LincolnRide Director, LCI
C: [email protected] http://www.tourofminnesota.com
Rich DanielsRide Director
C: 612-701-3183 Home: 952-448-4960
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